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Short and clear: which type of Nextcloud installation should I choose - LXC, VM or Docker?

Nextcloud is a popular solution for creating your own cloud data storage. In this article, we will look at various ways to install Nextcloud, their pros and cons. To begin with, there are several ways to install Nextcloud: directly on the server, in a virtual machine, in Docker manually or in Docker via the automatic AIO stack. You can also install Nextcloud in an LXC container. Nextcloud is a popular solution for creating your own cloud data storage. In this article, we will look at various ...
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Short and sweet: how to choose a RAID/HBA controller for the server

RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the market. The abundance of drives and software features of RAID/HBA make you approach this choice as responsibly as possible, otherwise you may lose data. RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 2: Choosing a software

... under Debian. Yes, unlike Synology, where everything was done for ... really the difference? Proxmox, unlike Synology DSM, supports LXC container virtualization ... software. The closest thing to Synology HyperBackup is the  Duplicati   ... wants money for VMware backups, and only  Vincin Backup  in the free ... ultimate solution that could replace Synology Notes.  Standard Notes  is ... one method - using a hardware RAID controller where the disk load ... drives, mixing ZFS and hardware RAID, and you will never run ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 1: Choosing a stable platform.

... extremely difficult to replace Synology? In general, Synology's business was built ... sysadmin, when integrating and maintaining Synology, never had to climb into ... , video surveillance with cascading, powerful backup server and fast deployment with ... in a virtual machine under VMware ESX (including also on a ... RAID again. In general, all those rakes that the programmers of Synology ... installed in the server (unlike VMware ESXi). In the Proxmox VE ... 5 years of working with VMware ESX, I don't understand ...
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Exclusive interview with Synology GmbH CEO Jeffrey Huang

Will Vendor Lock be implemented, how did the company survive the mining fever, how does it look at Web3 and decentralization, ZFS and RAID 2.0+, will DSM be sold separately? We are talking about this and other topics with the CEO of Synology. - I would like to start the conversation with a question about the home user market. When Synology was just starting out, the NAS was a mystery to the average person, and most PC and laptop owners did not understand what it was for. Now, after so many ...
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Impregnable NAS: hardening and protecting Synology

... . Modern processors on which Synology NASS are built support hardware ... used for Linux clients and VMware ESXi hypervisors, is also not ... requested or rarely. Here Synology offers encryption of shared folders ... down random read operations from the disk subsystem. In Synology DSM, Meltdown ... and on Synology C2. In the Active Backup for Business backup program, encryption ... an impregnable safe, which even Synology specialists cannot open. It ... configure the backup of the entire NAS to the Synology C2 cloud ...
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Synology RS4021xs+review. An inexpensive NAS that has everything!

... This is usually achieved through read caching algorithms, but in ... in RAID arrays. It is not specified what technologies Synology used ... resources using the Hyper Backup utility. Synology is actively promoting its ... NFS for connecting, for example, VMware or OpenStack storage, AFP for ... operate in two modes: read-only and read/write. In the ... more complex arrays, including RAID 5, the main thing ... after startup. As for read/write caching, the behavior ... and then 2 SSDs in read/write cache mode, combining ...
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Lenovo ThinkAgile VX3320 review - a hyperconverged solution for simplified enterprise-wide vSAN deployment

Hyperconverged systems are rapidly gaining popularity and are already becoming the standard for building virtualization platforms in the corporate environment. Lenovo has released a special series of servers for installing and running VMware vSAN with tools for simplified administration and deployment at the customer's facility. The ideology of hyperconvergent solutions using VMware technologies has its advantages: this is a relatively low cost at the start, and the ability to scale almost ...
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What's new in Synology DSM 7? We analyze 7 improvements for a business customer

... Active Backup for Business This package is a gem of Synology DSM ... of a virtual machine from VMWare ESXi directly to the NAS ... Synology Virtual Machine Manager allows you to migrate virtual machines from VMware ... drives in the SSD read/write cache fails, Synology DSM automatically resets ... of the performance of RAID arrays in Synology. But to maintain readiness ... Hyper Backup program has added the ability to back up Synology ... to support two backup systems, Hyper Backup and Active Backup for Business, instead ...
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Synology FlashStation FS6400 review - testing speed and getting to know Synology branded SSDs

... caching in Synology NAS, so there are no batteries or backup NVME ... disks to reset the cache. Synology relies entirely ... high response stability in random read and write tasks, and are ... some examples: Failover Virtualization Cluster Synology MailPlus - testing a failover ... with VMware infrastructure, you can take advantage of the free Synology Storage ... 3 x Synology SAT 5200, 480Gb, RAID5 BTRFS OS: VMware ESXi 6 ... You can read about them in our storage reviews Synology and Huawei ...